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Series: The Ten O'Clock News
Date: 1985-03-07
Subject: South Africa - Apartheid; Apartheid - Protests
Geography: South Africa|
Clip Description
A group of fifty apartheid protesters picket the offices of Deak Perera (financial institution) on Franklin Street in Boston. The protesters carry signs; some protesters wear masks. The group chants anti-apartheid slogans. The protesters oppose the sale of krugerrands at the offices of Deak Perera. Graylan Ellis-Hagler (Church of the United Community) is one of the protest leaders.Ellis-Hagler speaks to a security guard inside of the Deak Perera offices. A group of protesters confront a woman doing business in the offices. She cuts them off and walks away. Two customers conduct business at a teller's window. A small group of protesters confer in front of a teller's window. One of the protest leaders announces to the group outside that the demonstration will come to an end. The leader notes that the protesters have turned away six customers in the past half-hour. The crowd cheers and begins to chant. A few protesters taunt two customers who exit the Deak Perera offices. The leader gives information about the next day's demonstration.
Series Description
A local program aimed at the Boston audience, The Ten O'Clock News debuted on January 15, 1976. Its two immediate predecessors were The Reporters and Evening Compass. A news and public affairs show focusing on neighborhood, local and state issues, The Reporters was produced and broadcast on WGBH from 1970 to 1973. The Reporters was then replaced by Evening Compass, which expanded into a twice-nightly news broadcast during the tense moments of Boston's busing crisis. On the air from 1973 to 1975, Evening Compass found an audience through its in-depth coverage of school desegregation in Boston, which began in 1974. The Ten O'Clock News stood out as an in-depth news program. It strove for a balance between local and national stories, between politics and the Arts. The last The Ten O'Clock News program was broadcast on May 30, 1991.
